Evidence map›Paper›PMID 42620275›Full record

ArticleThe journal of climate change and health

Validation of the climate change worry for adolescents and climate concern impacts on daily life scales.

Gina Martin, Cerina Dubois, Violeta Faulkner, Maria Ojala, Matt Treble, Tasha Roswell, Jason Gilliland, Kiffer G Card, Maya Gislason, Ekroop Grewal and 1 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in The journal of climate change and health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Gina MartinFaculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Canada.
Cerina DuboisDepartment of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, United States.
Violeta FaulknerFaculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Canada.
Maria OjalaFRONT (Frontiers of Arctic and Global Resilience), Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Oulu, Finland.
Matt TrebleFaculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Canada.
Tasha RoswellFaculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University, Canada.
Jason GillilandDepartment of Geography and Environment, Western University, Canada.
Kiffer G CardFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Maya GislasonFaculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Ekroop GrewalEmerging Youth Consultancy, Canada.
Alina CosmaSchool of Psychology, Trinity Centre for Global, Health, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Validated survey instruments are needed to better understand how concerns about climate change affect adolescents' cognitive-emotional experiences and everyday functioning.Using a Canadian adolescent sample, this study aimed to validate two survey scales: a Climate Change Worry Scale for Adolescents (CWS-A) and a Climate Concern Impact on Daily Life Scale (CCIDLS). Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 804 Canadian adolescents (aged 13-18). A confirmatory factor analysis approach was used to affirm that the items measured the factors specified. Item response theory was used to further examine the properties of the scales at item level. Multigroup confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine invariance by gender (boys versus girls) and age (age 13-15 versus 16-18). Convergent validity was examined against self-perceived impacts of climate change on mental health and climate change concern. Results: For the CWS-A, a two-factor measure of micro- and macro-worry had excellent model fit and was invariant for age and gender. For the CCIDLS a one-factor model had adequate fit and showed invariance for age and gender. The CCIDLS and CWS-A were significantly higher among those who perceived their mental health as being impacted by climate change and those concerned about climate change. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the importance of distinguishing between more affective responses, such as climate worry, and impairment in daily functioning. The CWS-A and CCIDLS demonstrate evidence of validity of these measures for Canadian adolescents; future studies should examine the validity of these survey instruments in other countries and languages.

Indexed as

AdolescenceClimate changeConfirmatory factor analysisImpactsItem response theoryValidationWorry

Identifiers

PMID42620275
PMCPMC13485653

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.